Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मादिमां परित्यज्य सुखी भव नराधिप । श्रद्दधासि वचोऽस्माकं हित मुक्तं यदि प्रभो

Transliteration

tasmādimāṃ parityajya sukhī bhava narādhipa | śraddadhāsi vaco'smākaṃ hita muktaṃ yadi prabho

Translation

پس اے انسانوں کے سردار! اسے ترک کر کے خوش رہو—اے بادشاہ، اگر تم ہماری ان باتوں پر ایمان رکھو جو تمہاری بھلائی کے لیے کہی گئی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• imām: this (girl)
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (त्यज्) उपसर्गः परि-; ल्यप् (क्त्वा-सम)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) ल्यप्; ‘having abandoned’

• sukhī: happy
• sukhī: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थे भाव्य-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• narādhipa: O ruler of men
• narādhipa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘नराणाम् अधिपः’

• śraddadhāsi: you believe, you trust
• śraddadhāsi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhā (धा) उपसर्गः śrad- (श्रद्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; ‘to have faith/believe’

• vacaḥ: word(s), statement
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• hitam: beneficial
• hitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hita (√dhā, नि-धातोः क्त; प्रातिपदिकरूपेण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘beneficial’

• muktam: spoken, uttered
• muktam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (√muc, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘uttered/spoken’

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• prabho: O lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The advisors urge the king to abandon the dangerous attachment; the king’s hand is half-raised in hesitation, while the sages’ faces show compassionate firmness.

Characters & Entities

• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is supported by listening to well-wishing counsel (hita-vākya) and acting to prevent harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is ethical counsel rather than ritual instruction.